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Auditing Documents access and alterations of the database for analytics and reporting. Show More ##### ## Availability (7) Scalability Expands functionality while maintaining balanced loads. Serves growing demand without reducing functionality. Backup The abillity to restore files to its original loacation or alternative sources on-demand. Archiving Stores historical records of information for reverting or reference. Indexing Helps users navigate databases by labeling and organizing datasets. Auto Sharding Implements auto horizontal data partitioning that allows storing data on more than one node to scale out. Auto Recovery Restores a database to a correct (consistent) state in the event of a failure. Data Replication Copy data across multiple servers through master-slave, peer-to-peer replication architecture etc. Show More ##### ## Management (4) Real-Time Analytics Track data and system backups, replication, and failover events. Solution Integration Integrate with other management, resilience, or backup solutions Infrastructure Compatibility Be compatible with a variety of cloud and/or virtual infrastructure. Monitoring Monitor replication environment via GUI Show More ##### ## Solution Provision (3) System Failover Provide as-before failover capabilities for cloud environments. Pay by Usage Services are offered under a pay-as-you-go or utilization-based purchase model. Service Provision Offer disaster recovery capabilities as a third-party provider. Show More ##### ## Security (7) Data Masking Data masking provides an additional layer of access control that can be applied to tables and views. Authentication And Single Sign-On Verifies identity of database users. Data Anonymization Allows users to gain statistically valid insights from their data while protecting the privacy of individuals. Role-Based Authorization Provides predefined system roles, privileges, and user-defined roles to users. Authentication Allows integration with external security mechanisms like Kerberos, LDAP authentication etc. Audit Logs Provides an audit log to track access and operations performed on databases for regulatory compliance. Encryption Provides encryption capability for all the data at rest using encryption keys. Show More ##### ## Data Management (4) Data Replication Helps in improving the availability of data. Advanced Data Analytics Uses machine learning algorithms to gain actionable insights. Data Model Stores data as key-value pairs where key is a unique identifier. Data Types Supports multiple data types like lists, sets, hashes (similar to map), sorted sets etc. Show More ##### ## Performance (1) Integrated Cache Stores frequently-used data in system memory quickly. Show More ##### ## Support (2) Multi-Model Provides support to handle structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data with equal effect. 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